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| Title: |
Management of black rhino in Zimbabwean conservancies |
| Author(s): |
Du Toit, R. |
| Year published: |
1994 |
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pp. 95-99 |
| Reference From: | Penzhorn, B.L. et al. 1994 Proceedings of a symposium on rhinos as game ranch animals. Onderstepoort, Republic of South Africa, 9-10 September 1994, pp. i-iv, 1-242 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| Of the 260-300 black rhinos still surviving in Zimbabwe, about 160 (55-60%) are on private land. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Poaching
African Rhino Species
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| private land. At least 30 black rhinos have been poached on private land over the period April 1989 to December 1993. In addition, over this period four black rhinos have been found dead with no evidence of poaching but with their horns missing. In the worst poaching cases (such as the total e... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Diceros bicornis. Of the 260-300 black rhinos still surviving in Zimbabwe, about 160 (55-60%) are on private land. These are the survivors and offspring of groups of rhinos (totalling 189) which were translocated mainly from the lower Zambezi Valley and mainly over the period 1986-1988. Prior ... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Diceros bicornis to private land. The problem of too little fencing has arisen in areas such as Chipizi (southern Matabeleland) and Gwayi (northern Matabeleland), where rhinos have dispersed off the ranches onto which they were introduced, and became scattered to the extent that their monitoring... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Diceros bicornis. Intensive management facilities. These are small properties on which semi-tame rhinos are maintained through artificial feeding. There are two such properties: lmire Game Park (Hwedza area) and Chipangali Wildlife Orphanage (Bulawayo area). The rhinos were handraised, follow... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Major breeding areas. Through direct translocations from State Land, and through redistribution of rhinos on private land during 1993, two relatively large breeding groups have been built up: 39 rhinos in the Save Valley Conservancy (south-east Lowveld) and 44 in the Bubiana Conservancy (West Ni... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Diceros bicornis to private land. The problem of too little fencing has arisen in areas such as Chipizi (southern Matabeleland) and Gwayi (northern Matabeleland), where rhinos have dispersed off the ranches onto which they were introduced, and became scattered to the extent that their monitoring... |
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Location:
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Diceros bicornis to private land. At least 30 black rhinos have been poached on private land over the period April 1989 to December 1993. In addition, over this period four black rhinos have been found dead with no evidence of poaching but with their horns missing. In the worst poaching cases ... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| The Bubiana Conservancy (1275 km) and the Save Valley Conservancy (3330 km? ) now have black rhino populations of sufficient size to meet the genetic and demographic criteria for medium-term viability. Other conservancies, such as the Chiredzi River Conservancy and the Midlands Conservancy can ... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
African Rhino Species
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| Ownership of rhino on private land. In contrast to the situation in South Africa, the Zimbabwean landowners who received black rhinos were not required to purchase them and have no ownership rights; they are regarded as voluntary custodians. However, this does not mean that the rhinos belong to... |
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Management of black rhino in Zimbabwean conservancies
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